finger

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , from , from. Compare 🇨🇬, Low German/🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; also 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  A slender jointed extremity of the human hand,  exclusive of the thumb.
 * 2)  Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly:
 * 3) The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
 * 4) One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
 * 5) One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins.
 * 6)  similar in shape to the human finger, particularly:
 * 7)  Finger-shaped pieces of food.
 * 8)  A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
 * 9)   (D. purpurea).
 * 10) Something similarly extending,  from a larger body, particularly:
 * a finger of land; a finger of smoke
 * 1)   protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
 * 2)  A lobe of the liver.
 * 3)  The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
 * 4) The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
 * : a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
 * : the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
 * 1)  A leaf in a finger tree data structure.
 * 2) Something similar in function or agency to the human finger,  with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
 * , the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
 * 1)  A policeman or prison guard.
 * 2)  An informer to the police,  one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
 * 3)  A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
 * 4)  That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
 * 5)  Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
 * : former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, the English digit of $1/16$foot (about 1.9cm).
 * 1)  A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½inches (11.43cm).
 * : $1/12$ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, with regard to eclipses.
 * 1)  An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
 * 2)  A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
 * 3)   in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
 * 4)   skilled in the use of their fingers,  a pickpocket.
 * 5)  A person.
 * 6)  An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
 * 7)  Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
 * 8)  An act of fingering.
 * : former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, the English digit of ⇭⇭⇭foot (about 1.9cm).
 * 1)  A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½inches (11.43cm).
 * : ⇭⇭⇭ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, with regard to eclipses.
 * 1)  An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
 * 2)  A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
 * 3)   in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
 * 4)   skilled in the use of their fingers,  a pickpocket.
 * 5)  A person.
 * 6)  An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
 * 7)  Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
 * 8)  An act of fingering.
 * 1)  An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
 * 2)  Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
 * 3)  An act of fingering.

Synonyms

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Verb

 * 1)  To identify or point out; to blame for something.
 * 2)  To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on.
 * 3)   To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
 * 4)  To use the fingers to penetrate or  sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.
 * 5)  To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
 * 6)  To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
 * 7)  To query (a user's status) using the.
 * 8)  To steal; to purloin.
 * 9)  To execute, as any delicate work.
 * 1)  To use the fingers to penetrate or  sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.
 * 2)  To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
 * 3)  To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
 * 4)  To query (a user's status) using the.
 * 5)  To steal; to purloin.
 * 6)  To execute, as any delicate work.
 * 1)  To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
 * 2)  To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
 * 3)  To query (a user's status) using the.
 * 4)  To steal; to purloin.
 * 5)  To execute, as any delicate work.
 * 1)  To steal; to purloin.
 * 2)  To execute, as any delicate work.
 * 1)  To execute, as any delicate work.
 * 1)  To execute, as any delicate work.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Gan: 約
 * Danish:, pege på
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Macedonian: покажува, посочува, укажува
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: nnicari, sincaliari
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: chỉ ra, chỉ đến
 * Zazaki: işaret kerden


 * Azerbaijani: barmaqlamaq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Gan: 拈
 * Danish: fingerere, famle ved
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, näpelöidä,
 * French:
 * Greek: ,
 * Occitan: tocassejar, chaspar, patejar
 * Ottoman Turkish: پرمقلمق
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: scuncicari, stuzziniari
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Zazaki: gışt kuwen


 * Arabic: صَبَّعَ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: give finger
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: βάζω δάχτυλο
 * Hungarian: ujjaz
 * Icelandic: putta
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: detar, detejar
 * Portuguese:
 * Sicilian: nfilari i jita
 * Slovak: prstiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki: gışt eşten


 * Esperanto: fingri
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: pokipoki
 * Portuguese:
 * Zazaki: ploğnayen


 * Catalan:
 * Danish: angive fingersætning i
 * Esperanto: fingri
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Vietnamese: đánh, bấm (a); ghi cách bấm (b)

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Etymology 2
See.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  a

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  a

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) finger

Descendants

 * North Frisian:
 * Föhr-Amrum:
 * Sylt:



Etymology
From, from.

Declension
or (with neuter gender)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  jet bridge

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  jet bridge
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Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  a  (the body part)

Usage notes
The neuter declension is much more common than the common declension.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  finger